Black diamond Killington, VT
Valley Plunge drops 276 vertical feet over 791 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 690 feet below the top. That's steeper than 56% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 154 named runs at Killington. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 21°, Valley Plunge gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Killington does, December through March. That's sunnier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 73rd sunniest named run at Killington. Its top sits at 1,550 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.